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The Happy Years *** (1950, Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames, Margalo Gillmore, Leo G Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 10,808

Director William A Wellman’s 1950 MGM Technicolor comedy The Happy Years stars Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames, Margalo Gillmore and Leo G Carroll. Craggy, crusty but essentially nice fuddy-duddy old Englishman called […]

Jan, 19

The Stuff *** (1985, Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Paul Sorvino, Scott Bloom, Danny Aiello, Garrett Morris, Patrick O’Neal) – Classic Movie Review 8148

Writer/ director Larry Cohen’s 1985 fantasy comedy The Stuff is an amusing send-up of Fifties sci-fi horror pics, with the engaging, funny performances from a talented cast compensating for the rather uneven writing and apparently […]

Feb, 18

Come Clean *** (1931, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Charlie Hall) – Classic Movie Review 7519

‘Mr Hardy holds that every husband should tell his wife the whole truth – Mr Laurel is crazy too.’ Director James W Horne 1931 comedy is a touching and sometimes hilarious Stan Laurel and Oliver […]

Aug, 31

Comfort and Joy *** (1984, Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton, Patrick Malahide, Rikki Fulton) – Classic Movie Review 7250

Writer-director Bill Forsyth’s 1984 Comfort and Joy is a sweet enough confection about an Italian ice-cream sellers’ feud in Glasgow, but its wafer-thin comedy offers only some smiles and a few laughs yet little joy. However, […]

Jul, 05

Meet Me in St Louis ***** (1944, Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Leon Ames, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 1119

Director Vincente Minnelli’s nostalgic, warm-hearted, colourful classic MGM musical Meet Me in St Louis is based on novelist Sally Benson’s family 1944 saga, which is set in St Louis in 1903 just before the Louisiana Purchase […]

Apr, 19

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